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Celebrity Republicans

From WCBS, Channel 2 in New York, a slideshow of celebrities who are (or are thought to be) Republicans and/or conservatives.

Be wary of a case or two of what may be jumping to conclusions about some celebrity’s political views. Also, the list includes a fair number of (1.) sports figures, (2.) country music stars and (3.) NACAR drivers.

But we knew that already!

Subject for discussion: who is the most surprising person on the list?

Che Chic and the Airhead Celebrities

This high-res video is too large to embed here, but go to Reason TV for a pointed dissection of the airheads who wear Che t-shirts and other insignia.

Radical Chic

Political Giving Among Celebrities

From we live our lives among giants, a fascinating post linking to a list of political contributions of celebrities.

There are no big surprises there. The Hollywood crowd is firmly in the Democratic camp.

Country singers, however, are heavily Republican.

Game show hosts are heavily Republican! Check out, for example, Bob Barker, Wink Martindale, Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek.

If he had to come up with a completely ad hoc out-of-left-field explanation for this, it might be that they don’t like a large portion of the money they give out to their contestants confiscated by the government.

People who think the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” represents the best of American values will be gratified to learn that both the star (Jimmy Stewart) and the director (Frank Capra) gave overwhelmingly to Republicans.